Hello,
2012/2/27 Gilles Sadowski <gilles@harfang.homelinux.org>:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 07:28:30AM +0100, Sébastien Brisard wrote:
>> Hello,
>> while working on MATH-755, I've noticed that there is no error message
>> corresponding to a division by zero. So for the time being, when such
>> a situation occurs, I use "ZERO_NOT_ALLOWED", but I was considering
>> adding an entry DIVISION_BY_ZERO to LocalizedFormats. What do you
>> think? I could do this fairly quickly, in order not to interfere with
>> the current release process.
>
> There are several (overlapping) entries, a.o.:
>
> FRACTION("fraction"), /* keep */
> DENOMINATOR("denominator"), /* keep */
> ZERO_DENOMINATOR("denominator must be different from 0"),
> ZERO_DENOMINATOR_IN_FRACTION("zero denominator in fraction {0}/{1}"),
> ZERO_FRACTION_TO_DIVIDE_BY("the fraction to divide by must not be zero: {0}/{1}"),
> ZERO_NOT_ALLOWED("zero not allowed here");
> IDENTICAL_ABSCISSAS_DIVISION_BY_ZERO("identical abscissas x[{0}] == x[{1}] == {2}
cause division by zero"),
>
> My preference would be to rationalize, using the "ExceptionContext" to add
> more information where needed. E.g. something like:
>
> MathArithmeticException iae = new MathArithmeticException(LocalizedFormats.FRACTION);
> iae.getContext().addMessage(LocalizedFormats.DENOMINATOR);
> iae.getContext().addMessage(LocalizedFormats.ZERO_NOT_ALLOWED);
>
I like this use of the context.
>
> But, if "DIVISION_BY_ZERO" is going to be used in several places, it might
> be good to add it. [Still, the redundant entries should at some point be
> removed (their use being replaced by a combination of the basic ones).]
>
I have to say that my preference would be to have DIVISION_BY_ZERO as
a "master" message, as it is pretty self-explanatory (and also
standard across different libraries/softwares). Additional messages
(like FRACTION, or DENOMINATOR) would be provided as context (if they
do turn out to be informative). This is my preference, but in fact,
any option suits me fine, provided that we do rationalize. As this is
not an API change, this can certainly wait. Shall I open a new ticket,
or keep MATH-755 open for this purpose? (MATH-755 is supposed to fix
3.1 anyway).
Sébastien
>
> Best,
> Gilles
>
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